04/29/2009 "BANCROFT - A STUDENT SURPRISED ME"

Yesterday was Tuesday and I went to Bancroft. The normal routine happened, I got there, the students were eating lunch in the classroom and then I walked them to gym with the teachers. We played a really fun game in Gym Class and my team, the green team, won! After Gym class was over we went back to the classroom and worked on Mathematics and Individualized work. One of the students, who can't talk too well, absolutely surprised me yesterday when she was working with one of the teachers. She knew ALL 10 of the presidents that the teacher showed her, she's a HUGE Barack Obama fan haha, everytime the teacher said Barack Obama, she would pick up the picture and rub it all over her body haha! She even learned about 3 new women to add to her collection. One of them being Rosa Parks. The only women I knew of was Rosa Parks, but this student knew the other two women also and I've never even heard of them! Hearing the student say the names of these two women put a huge smile on my face and I'm glad I was there to witness such a wonderful time during my experience.

04/29/2009 " CRAZY SUV FOLLOWED ME TO Bancroft Yesterday"

So yesterday, I went to Bancroft and had a really great time like usual. However, I was a little scared on my way there because this car was following me from the Paint Works turning onto 561 to Bancroft. Every time I switched my lane this SUV behind me would too and I was absolutely freakin out! Finally I was about two minutes from Bancroft and the SUV was still behind me, I didn't know what to do. I put on my blinker to turn into Bancroft and bamn what do you know.. the SUV was also turning into Bancroft. I was so scared! I pulled into one of the parking lots and the SUV turned into the lot before, whether or not that SUV was truly following me and trying to scare me to my destination or whether they actually were going there I will never know, but it was an expericence I never want to encounter again.

04/29/2009 "DICTIONARY GAME"

Jab/Jabber! That's the fasinating word that I had to talk about for a minute and half in the wonderful dictionary game. I talked about different situations such as jabbing with sharp objects and how I once saw a Lifetime Movie about a daughter who jabbed her mother with a knife because she wouldn't let her go out for the night. Crazy much!? Uhh yess absolutely! Well anyways the dictionary game, I believe is a great game because it helps people work out their public speaking skills, something that many high school students fear. I believe this game, has helped many people in my class prepare for our final presentations for Senior Project!

04/29/2009 "BANCROFT'S PLAY"

Last Friday, I went to Bancroft because they had their Spring Production at Haddonfield High School. Each class had a different theme, based on a certain month. The class that I usually visit at Bancroft had the month of June, so they did a 4th of July theme and it was absolutely adorable. They marched out to independence music and showed how proud they were that the United States of America was finally free! In the background of their skit they had a banner that was painted on a white, felt sheet, with the White House drew out. The students took so much time making this, so I was glad to see that it looked great when it was displayed behind their skit. I brought Natalie with me and I hope she had a fun time. I was planning on introducing her to the Occupational Therapist at Bancroft, but every time I wanted to call out her name someone else had gotten to her before me. I also wanted to introduce her to my class, but they got to the production right as it was starting so I didn't get to do that unfortunately. However, as soon as my class started to perform, I shouted out every one's name and started to clap, I even started to shed a few tears!

04/23/2009 "BANCROFT YESTERDAY"

Yesterday, I went to Bancroft, it was a bit different because I usually go on Tuesdays. Every Tuesday the students have Gym Class, but on Wednesdays the students have Art Class. It was really cool going there yesterday, because every Tuesday it's the same routine over and over again, but Wednesday was a complete change for me. Normally when I go to their class on Tuesday there eating lunch in their classroom, but on Wednesdays they ate lunch in the Cafeteria. It's nothing too big of a thrill, but it was just cool to have a change at Bancroft. Also it was one of the teacher's birthday so when we got into the Art Room, the students surprised her with cake and ice cream! And also since it was Earth Day yesterday the students cut out pictures of the Earth and cut out pictures of people to stretch out across the Earth. It was a really neat project! :)

04/22/2009 "MR. VICK AND MR. PAUL COME TO LINDENWOLD"

Yesterday Mr. Vick and Mr. Paul came to Lindenwold High School during 7th and 8th period. During those periods they discussed the importance of making your final presentation as exciting as possible. The actual presentation needs to be Atlas 40 minutes, so if your talking for 40 minutes and not engaging your audience they will fall asleep or look extremely bored/dead in their seat. There are a few good ways to keep an audience involved and if you follow those ways you will turn into a great presentator. The first, NEVER play a video clip of more than 40 seconds (you can however, do more than one video clip), and next ENGAGE THE AUDIENCE, I can't stress that anymore!

04/17/2009 "Last Official Day Of Spring Break"

So today is Friday, the last official day of Spring break and I haven't done anything too productive this whole week. I did a few things here and there, but nothing exciting, unfortunately. However, I did think about Senior Project, I think for sure I'm going to make a brochure advertising what a great non-profit organization Bancroft is! In completing that, I can also use my Public Relations skills to advertise my brochure and make Bancroft a better known school for people who don't really know about it.